{"id":26827,"date":"2025-05-20T10:49:22","date_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:49:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/?page_id=26827"},"modified":"2025-05-20T10:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T14:49:23","slug":"hist-3121a-sports-in-the-cold-war","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/hist-3121a-sports-in-the-cold-war\/","title":{"rendered":"HIST 3121A: Sports in the Cold War"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        HIST 3121A: Sports in the Cold War\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HIST 3121A: Sports in the Cold War<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Fall 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Instructor: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/cu-people\/erica-l-fraser\/\">Professor Erica Fraser<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSports and politics should not mix.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019ve all heard that adage before. But whether or not you believe they <em>should<\/em> mix, they most certainly always have, especially in the politically tumultuous 20th century.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Cold War was an ideological battle between communism and capitalism that dominated the world from 1945 to 1991. Sports competitions became the primary way that the Soviet Union and countries in Europe and North America \u201cbattled\u201d each other as a means of avoiding direct military conflict. In this class, we will focus on sport as a lens through which to view Cold War societies and cultures and as a unique way of viewing Cold War rivalries. We will look at topics such as: the role of gender, race, class, ableism, sexuality, and other themes in sports history; the emergence of performance-enhancing drugs; the politics of the Olympic Games; the goals and effectiveness of sports boycotts; and the ways in which each side demonized the other\u2019s athletes as part of a bigger cultural battle for the victory of the communist or capitalist worldview. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am a historian of the Soviet Union; while the Cold War was a global conflict, we will focus geographically on the Soviet Union, Europe, and North America, with brief comparative case studies from Cuba, China, and South Africa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Assignments<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Regular reading quizzes, one essay, and an in-class mid-term and final exam. Attendance and discussion participation are required for success in this course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Texts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Readings will consist of journal articles available electronically through the library catalogue and primary source documents available online.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Prerequisites:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Students are required to have completed at least one 2000-level history course or have third-year standing and 1.0 credit in history. Other than that, athletes and couch fans are welcome, history majors as well as those from other programs \u2013 but be aware that this is not an introductory course. We will practice mastering primary source and historiographical analysis skills that you will have learned in first- and second-year courses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Questions?<\/strong> Feel free to email me at <a href=\"mailto:erica.fraser@carleton.ca\">erica.fraser@carleton.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HIST 3121A: Sports in the Cold War Fall 2025 Instructor: Professor Erica Fraser \u201cSports and politics should not mix.\u201d&nbsp; We\u2019ve all heard that adage before. But whether or not you believe they should mix, they most certainly always have, especially in the politically tumultuous 20th century. 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